The Sun. — London, England, 1826-01-12 00:00:00

IRE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Eatracts from the Morning Papers, Jun. 12, 1826. [BRITISH PRESS.] The mystery in which the affairs of Russia are involved becomei every day deeper and more iMpenetrable. It is beyond doubt that the Grand Duke Nicholas has been proclaimed Em peror in consequence of the forint)l renunciation of Constantine ; but we know not how this change has,been effected. The known character of Con stantine prevents us from believing for a moment that the act was on his part purely voluntary. Soine powerful influence has been exerted over hits which he had not fortitude to resist, and it was well perhaps for the peace of Europe that he yielded. But it appears from the news re ceived yesterday that it is not yet quite certain who will reign over the Russian Empire. The accounts to which we refer state, that on the proclamation of the Emperor Nicholas, the re glment of Constantine stationed at St. Peters b9rgh openly declared their determination not to' conform to any political arrangement to the prejudice of the oath they had taken to the Emperor Constantine, and that when they were required to take the oath ofallegiance to Nicholas they mutinied. The necessity of suppressing with prompt severity any disposition to revolt, under circumstances of so peculiar a nature, ren dered it imperative to resort to immediate coer cion.' The other troops who in the capital re mained faithful to the new Emperor were march. ed against the refractory regiment, and it was not till much blood had been, shed that the mu tineers were reduced to subordination. After wards, it is stoted,several of the ringleaders were tried by Courts-martial and put to death. This is the stibitance of the intelligence received yes terday from St. Petersburgh, and we have reason to believe that it is correct in all the material facts. If it is so, what a view does it open of the present condition and future prospects of the Russian, Empire ! The revolt of Constantine's regiment was evidently an attempt to seize the Government for him ; an attempt which would not have been made, unless the ringleaders had thought that success would be acceptable to the individual for whom it was to be achieved. We would place tenfold as much reliance on the opinion thus manifested of Constantine's disposition, as on the information we could gather from the public acts which he might by intrigue and artifice be in clined to perform. In this state of things many questions naturally suggest themselves. What part will the army in Poloistl take when they learn the military execution done upon their comrades ? If Constantine's popularity with the soldiery was sufficient to excite a mutiny at St. Petersburg!), what effect will it not produce on the spot where he is present in person ? Let it be recollected too that his position is entirely changed. He must feel that he cannot now exist in safety as the subject of his jealous and irritated brother, end he will know that the feeling of the military is decidedly in his favour. As in the days of the Roman empire, when the union Ty in every province assumed the right of electing the Emperor, we shall probably hear by the next ar rival that the army in Poland has saluted Con stantine with the imperial dignity. The army of the Pruth will be the arbiters of this dispute, and it is not difficult to foresee that they will give their suffrages to the Emperor who accords most in habit and sentiment with themselves. [THE TIMES.] Advices from St. Petersburg!) of the 28th ult. relate a most extraordinary scene which is said to hate occurred in that city a few hours before the ptoclumation of Nicholas as Emperor, and which stained that ceremonial deeply with the blood of the Russian soldiery. It appears that the Empress Mother, Muria Feodoruwna, bud called upon the officers of all the regiments quar tered in Petersburg!), to assist in the proclama tion, and to transfer to Nicholas that oath of al iegience which they and the troops under their command had recently rendered to his brother.— All the regiments assented to this, with one ex ceptiun, which was that of the Regiment of Mos cow, belonging to Constantine himself, and the only one of his regiments then in Petershurgli. The Officers are said not only to have demurred to the Empress's command, but to have re. presented, in strong but respectful language, that only a few days had elapsed since they had sworn fealty to Constantine as their , Emperor ; that it was wholly incon- sistent with that oath to transfer it to any other person, unless in the event of his death, or at his express order; that it would be disturbing the order of the succession to act otherwise ; and that nothing less than Constantine's own 'appear once, and en order from his mouth, would induce them to consent. This deternduation, it is added, was reported to the Empress Mother, who lw came,extremety indignant at this resistance to bete tvitl, and conscious of the dnilger even of a delay of obedience in a Russian soldiery, gave orders that the refractory regiment should belm• mediately fired upon, if their consent was not at once tendered. Her spirit and proMptness' of determination on this trying occasion, if the eccouuts may be relied on, could not h ave been surpassed by Catherine herself.' Her orders were obeyed, and a slaughter instantly' commenced of the resisting regiment, of whom between , 200 and 300 are said to have been sacrificed, before the remainder submitted.. it has even been stated, but in this respect there' is much ambiguity hi the accounts, that the troops of Constantine's regiment returned the, firty, -- and - thatin -consequence great nilfilbers of ; the other regiments fell. All agree, however, in: the loss of lives sustained by the adherents to Ceristatttitie. The above appears to us to be the most accurate version, , after carefully comparing the statements on the subject current in the most! respectable :quarters, of the latest news from Petersburgh ; but the difficulty of obtaining real laforioation from thence, especially at a crisis! info the present, is so great," that'Our readers will. do w ill to exercise caution in adopting any. The most' dutioue part of the preceding intelligence is undoubtedly the insight given by it into the cha racter of the Empress Maria, which is here deve loped as that of a bold ambitious woman, who must, with a character such as that of Nicholas is described to be, obtain the ascendancy in the con duct of public affairs. We hear further, from a source which will not allow us to doubt the fact, that her hatred of Constantine's wife has been one of the leading motives of the part she has taken in the exclusion of Constan tine himself from the throne; and that a vow made never to permit her residence in the same city with herself, has impelled her now to assume that energy to prevent its being broken, which was not to be found in the disposition of the timid and irresolute Nicholas. Another account which we have seen since the above was in print, states that the mutinous regiment was joined by parties from the regiments of the line, and that they attempted to proclaim Constantine anew, in opposition to the attempt of the Empress to have Nicholas announced as Emperor. It is added, that a General Officer was among the killed during the conflict which ensued. Nicholas is said to have headed the attack on the muti neers in persons. [NEW TIMES.] The Etoile, dated Tuesday, reached us at a late hour last night, by Express from Paris. There remains no doubt but that Constantine has definitively renounced the Empire ; but as to the motives which led to this extraordinary step, or the conditions under which it may have been taken, the world has yet much to learn. We ex tract, a passage rather curious from the Journal des Debats of Sunday—(See another column of Swi.)—The Editor was not then aware of the fact that Nicholas had been proclaimed, but he knew that Constantine had renounced the throne, and he gave several reasons for believ. ing that that Prince would persevere in the re. nunciation. The chief reason was ' founded on the fact which we stated on Saturday, namely, that Constantine bears to the Lady whom he has married a most ardent affection, and that there are circumstances in her situation which would render his elevation to the Imperial Throne any thing to her but a gratification. Not only is she of a rank by birth which would not permit her to enjoy all the honours of an Empress, but there is a more serious obstacle in her religion, for she is a Roman Catholic, and without embracing the Greek communion, she could not be permitted to share the throne. It is asserted also that, with a proper degree of pride, she repelled be fore marriage the idea of forming an alliance which might in any event preclude her sharing her husband's rank. Under these circumstances, it is perhaps not very surprising that the Grand Duke Constantine, ardently attached to an ac complished and virtuous lady, should willingly sacrifice to affection the contingent succession to a Throne; especially as that contingency was by no means a very probable one,he being only two years younger than his brother Alexander, and the latter being at an age when he might possi bly have a numerous offspring. [MORNING lIERALD..I The perfection of law should be, we should think, the perfection of reason ; and that on which the liberty, the property, and the life of every man depends, should be governed by prin. ciples which admit of no dispute, and such as are at once apparent to the common sense and under standings of mankind. Such ought law to be in the abstract ; and such, we doubt not, it would have been, had it not, like religion, been made to bend to the crafty, interested designs of its pro fessors, as the other has to that of its priests.-- Instead of remaining plain and intelligible, the law has been rendered an obscure jargon, so full of subtleties, refinements, and contradictions, that a plain, unsophisticuted mind must look upon more than half its dogmas rather as the results of lunacy than of legislation. One instance of the nonsense and sophistry with which it abounds, and in the extremes of which its profes sors, both high and low, seem to rival each other, appears in a paper of Sunday last, in which it is stated that some Magistrates had refused to grant a warrant to search for stolen bills and papers, as not being of that description of property which they had the power to recover or bring to light. The case, we understand, was this:--the, pro prietor of a house of business had been robbed by his confidential clerk to a large amount, and, among other things, of various bills of ex change and other negociable securities not come to maturity ; and that on the apprehension of the supposed offender, the application in ques tion was made and refused. Now, had he been accused of possessing the stockings, linen, or leather of his employer, the search-warrant would have issued as a matter of course, upon the necessary oath being token ; but because it con sista of another description of property, just as plain, tangible, and easy of identity, by some precious conundrum, which they who broach it can neither define nor understand, an implied li cence is held out to breaches of trust of the most Ifeinous and extvnsive nature, and time in given to the supposed thief to dispose of or destroy pro perty of the most valuable and important descrip tion. The idea of distinguishing between bills, notes, and other securities for money, and money itself, or any other kind of property, on such an occasion, is so manifestly absurd, that nothing but the crooked obliquity which special pleading gives t o th e v i s i o n of persons otherwise sensible and clear sighted, can in any way account for it. Were such a doctrine seriously tenable, it would follow (hut bankers, stock and bill brokers, and indeed every dealer in and holder of paper currency, might be robbed with impunity ; and which impjutily w o u ld, of course, extend to money itself, as well as to the representatives of it. The rule of common sense in such matters is this—that wherever the Magistrate can issue his warrant for the arrest of the thief, he can autho rise a search for the stolen property: and, on the other hand, it would follow, that if the property cannot be searched for, it cannot be the sub ject of felony, or the taker of it dealt with as a felon. We are aware that this is only one among a hundred similar absurdities with which modern lawyers insalt and stultify reason and common sense. We wish we could see some great mind start up in the profession —some second Romilly, with independence and courage to shake off the shackles which he finds prepared for him, and with talent, industry, zeal, and decision, to expose, eradirate, and throw off abuses which deform and disgrace a profession, the science and practice of which would otherwise be, as they ought to be, the pride and admiration of the world. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] The Court intrigue, which has been played off in Russia, since the death of the Emperor Alex ander, has already given birth to a numerous progeny of alarming rumours. The report of yesterday was, that the Proclamation of Nicholas was the immediate signal of a mutiny amongst the troops of the Capital, in which the Grand Duke Constantine's regiment took so active a part, that it was found necessary, at last, to sub ject it to military execution. This had the effect of reducing it to submission, but not before it had lost 400 men ; and as a proof of the great credit that was attached to this rumour, it had the effect of lowering the funds considerably, which never rallied afterwards throughout the day. The de, pression of all descriptions of Foreign Securities was still more marked, with the single exception, we believe, of Spanish Bonds—a pretty good il lustration of the influence which these incipient troubles are likely to have on the conflict between liberty and despotism. We could not, however, trace the rumour to . nny source ; and the result of our inquiries is, that an express arrived yester day morning, but whence it came, or to whom directed, we could not learn. True or false, this rumour, however, is an excellent commentary upon the practical wisdom of breaking through the regular order of succession. By this arrangement, the late Emperor may be truly said to have cancelled ell the claims he had established by all his other acts, to the gratitude of the Russian na tion; and if this burning torch, which he has flung into its bosom, be extinguished without fur ther mischief than that stated in the report, the credit of it will not certainly belong to him, but to the Prince whom he capriciously excluded from the throne. In the mean time, the senti m •nts of the latter are a perfect mystery, •except to that order of political writers,who always regu late their belief or disbelief according to the judg ment of others. To suppose, however, that he has resigned his birthright in the way commonly stated, is an instance of human credulity not to be matched but by the chief hero in romantic self-denial of the this political drama. How Constan tine will conduct himself in the singular circum stances in which he has been evidently placed by Court intrigue, our information is far too scanty to hazard any thing like a positive opi nion ; though we are convinced he will not in his deportment exhibit a single trait of that phi losophical indiffer.ence for which he has all at once got such large credit. [MORNING POST.] We received last night, by Express, French Papers to the 10th inst., and the Dulles of Mon day and' Tuesday. The former contains the same intelligence which we communicated yester day respecting the succession of the Grand Duke Nicholas to the Russian Throne, after a fresh renutiation on the part of Constantine. The lat ter adds, that it was on the ‘2sth of December that Nicholas read in the Senate the formal renunciation of the Crown by his brother, and declared that he himself accepted the 'Throne—when he was immediately proclaim• ed Emperor. Tho only points hitherto po sitively known are, therefore, the succession of Nicholas, and the date at which it took place. The statements of the other Journals re late to an anterior period ; and, even if they be correct, only serve to increase the mystery. The Quolidieline for instance assures us, that before his death Alexander had written a letter to Con stantine, in which he relieved him from the ob ligation which he had contracted to resign the Crown ; and that the first dispatch conveyt d by the Grand Duke Michael to St. Petersburgh con sisted of this communication, and not, 113 it was reported at the time, of an offer to abdicate. Ac cording to this it would appear that instead of be ing disposed to renounce his rights, Constantine was anxious to reign, and availed himself of the representations given by his friends of Alexander's last Will, to endeavour to supersede the Act of renunciation which lie had been made to sign, and which he feared would be put in force against him. An article from Frankfort remarks that the Courts connected by matrimonial ties with Nicholas, had not allowed the oath of fidelity to he taken to Constantine, and adds that foreign diplomacy was taking an active part in the family question which agitated the empire of the Czars, and that several Eu ropean Cabinets wished that it should be de cided in favour of Nicholas. The same article seems to consider it certain that if Constantine resigned the Imperial Crown it would be to retain that of Poland, where he had acquired extreme popularity, anti had formed with peculiar care an army of bO,OOO foot, and 20,000 horse, which is said to be the finest in Europe." It is admitted, at the same time, that neither Prussia nor Austria would see without anxiety the revival of Poland in a completely indepen dent state—Well aware that with a King of Con. stantine's disposition, and a faithful and well or. ganized army, it would not long suffer the pro vinces which have been- detached from it, to re mail' in the hands of its despoilers. These con siderations are said to have acted so strongly upon those two Powers, that they began to re. pent the skits %shirt) they had taken to favour the elevation of Nicholas, and to hope that Con stantine would retain the Empire in order thut "and 'night not emerge from the condition of a dependency. The bunglin g NOIINING cum:lN cr.r.l manner in which the business of legislation is executed in this country has been curiously exemplified in the different insolvent Debtor Acts. At present the object of the Legit.- latureis in many instances utterly defeated by the substitution of a n e w Detaining Creditor in the shape of the Attorney for his Costs. To silos the manner in which the system works in the Pro vinces we shall instance Chelmsford gaol, in which we find—Stephen Clarke, originally detained for a debt of 1071. 10s. 6d., but now detained for his Attorney's taxed bills, amounting to 231. 15s. sd..—Thomas Head, detained for an Attorney's bill of 11/. 2s.—Abraham Metcalfe was detained for a debt of about 181., and after discharge remained in prison for an Attorney's bill of about 161. His friends at length raised money to pay the bill, and he ob tained his release from prison. —This is an instructive illustration of the mode in which the law in this country lays its fangs on every thing. The debtor merely shakes himself clear of one creditor, to be at the mercy of another; and in the mean lime the country is put to a heavy expence to support him, till the attorney, finding that friends are unable or unwilling to come forward, chooses to relent. The thing is, we believe, managed by the detention of the discharge on the part of the Attorney, and the debtor, when without means, must be supported by the county or starve. if there was one case in which the mode of proceeding should have been simple, it was in that of men who are,supposed to be without a farthing in the world. Yet here we see the expence of obtain ing a discharge for 181. no less than 161. ! We see taxed accounts for a discharge from 1071. 10s. 6d. of no less amount than 231. 15s. In process of time we shall have all the perfection of the Court of Chancery transplanted to every In solvent Court throughout the kingdom : a fine regular built juridical system. SKETCHES OF INDIA.-SUMATRA. Sumatra, known also by the names of PuloPu richu, Indalas, and Java Miuor,and which is also supposed to be the Ophir of the Scriptures, is about 1,000 miles In length, from Acheen to the Straits of Sunda, and about 165 in its average breadth, through the extent of which there runs a high chain of mountains, some peaks of which are 0 1 f :4 8 84 ,11 2 i c f a e , e c t e a l b o o , r v a e t e t h l d e fo e r vel of its tin t mines,h a The island esn the eastern side of Sumatra, and along its western coast extends a chain of islands, which seem to ' have originally belonged to it. It is separated by the Straits of Malacca, from the peninsula of that name, which extends 775 miles by 125 to the isthmus of Kraw, which joins it to India, beyond the Ganges. The western coast of Malacca is also studded with islands, which seem all to have been at some time or other attached to the con tinent. Pula Penang, or Prince of Wales's Island, is one of great consequence, and the Ni cotters and Andamans, which form a chain almost from Acheen to the head of the Bay of Bengal, are curiosities, on 'account of the savages by whom they are inhabited. The great Andaman is the principal island of this cluster, and is about 140 miles in length by 20 in breadth, and, near the centre of it, mountains rise to the height of 2,400 feet above the sea. Its inhabitants are sup• posed to be oriental negroes, of the same origin as these which inhabit the interior of Malacca. In theAndamans,their number does not exceed 2,500, and they are perfect savages,living on fish and rep tiles of every description. Their hair is short and woolly; their noses are flat, their lips thick, their eyes small and red ; their skin is a deep dirty black, and their whole appearance horribly fright ful, tl a limbs being very slender, and their bellies protuberant. They go quite naked, smear their bodies over with mud es a preservative from the bites of insects, paint their hair with red ochre, and their countenance presents a most dis gusting picture of misery and ferocity. Their chi e f occupation is fishing, hunting, and search. ing for birds' nests among the rocks ; for they know nothing of husbandry, at least they will not practice it. They are rarely above five feet in height. Providence has given them, at a par ticular season of the year, an abundant supply of fish, which they dry in the sun, and lay up in their wretched huts for a time of necessity ; but such is their want of care and foresight, that they are often forced to eat the most obscene reptiles, and it has been asserted that they are anthropo phagi. Lizurds, guanas, rats, snakes, and edible birds' nests, are, however, known to be among their daily food. Fish of every description in habit their waters, and on their shores are to be found beautiful shells, gorgonias, madrepores, murex, and cowries. One of the most curious of their fish is the fly-shooter, or beaked chtetodon, which knocks down its pray by cautiously levelling a drop of water from its tubular snout, like a ball from a musket. M. Rommel, the Governor of the hospital at Bata via, w it nesse(' this singular operation. The British go. veretnent established a settlement here about the year 1791, for convicts from India, but it was abandoned on account of its unhealthiness, and , Pulo Penang was fixed on for the purpose. The weapons of the Andamans are bows made of bamboo, arrows headed with fish bone, spears made of a heavy wood, well pointed, and shields composed of hard bark. They salute each other ' by lifting one leg, and striking the thigh smartly with one hand. Their canoes are made out of the trunks of trees, and often without any other aid than sharp flint and fire. In the numerous islands which are called the Nicobar's, the natives are a different race of ori ental negroes, whose colour is of a copper hue; their eyes are small, their noses flat, and their lips thick, but their hair is long and black. They shave their eyebrows, blacken their teeth, and flatten the backs of their heads, by compression of the occiput while they are infants. They have made considerable advances in cultivation and civilization. Their exports and imports are similar to those of the other islanders in the Indian seas. They live in villages, composed of from ten to twenty huts, under a patriarchal government so simple that it resembles a fa m ily compact. Their principal fo o d i s the melori bread, cloth co round the wai s t, an d passed between the legs, as in Indi a ; b ut here the end : ,ou n , u u t i s, and yams. A narrow piece of of it hangs down behind like a tail, hence the as. sertion which the Swedish navigator Kiophig made, and Lord Monboddo believed, that there were men who had tails. Their notions of re• ligion are confused, and their priests are sor cerers who make hideous grimaces, while they exercise evil spirits, and cure diseases. Their language is a mere jargon, almost unintelligible. The Danes came hither in 1756, and the miss sionaries of that nation continued their unsuccesse ful exertions until 1787, when the settlement was abandoned, after having proved the grave of nearly all the Europeans that ever resided on Nancowry. Prince of 'Wales's Island is computed to core. tain 160 square miles. Captain Francis Light, belonging to a country ship, received this island in 1785, as a marriage portion, with the King of Queda's daughter. lie transferred it to the East India Company, and was made governor, which office he retained until his death, in 1794. The name of Pulo Penang, which the Island bore, was changed to that by which it is now known, and the new settlement was called George Town. There is a fine and secure harbour here for ships at all seasons. The Island itself exhibits a diversity of hill and dale ; some of the mountains rise to the height of 2500 feet above the sea ; and so great is the quantity of rain which, falls, that with the exception of the months of January and . February, rain may be expected every day in the year. Cooled by a fine sea breeze, the ther mometer seldom ranges above 90, and is somes times es low as 66. When the island came into the hands of the Company, it was covered with an immense forest, the trees of which were large enough for the lower mast of a 74 gun ship. Only a few fishermen occupied a small part of the coast ? but now the population exceeds 50,000, includ iug British, Americans, Dutch, Portuguese,Arabs, Parsees, Chinese, Malays, Buggesses, Chulitts, Birmans, Siamese, Javanese, Bengalese, and all descriptions of Indians. There is a large fort well supplied with cannon. Fine roads have been made for several mile* round the town, and many bridges constructed by the convicts and company's artificers. Some of the forests have been cleared away, and the markets are well supplied with the necessarieS and luxuries of life ; the various fruits and vegete ables of Asia and Europe having been introduced with success, as well as marty curious productions which enrich the colonists : the soil itself being° fine, rich, black mould, produced from the veget' able putrifac:ion of ages. It is anticipated by Wallace, that this island will become a settlement of mighty consequence , and the seat of universal commerce. It has a great trade with China ; and all the staples of Europe and India find a market here. It is ra• presented as being, in fact, what Ormus was in former times, a great bazaar resorted to by all nations. A Government and Council, subordis nate to the presidency of Bengal, conduct the affairs of this settlement, on which vast sums have been expended. The peninsula of Malacca is inhabited by & variety of distinct races, the principal of which are the Samangs, supposed to be the aborigines' and the Malays. The former live in a savage state in the wild mountains of the interior; whil e the Malays people the sea coasts, follow habits of enterprise and commerce, cultivate the arts, and exhibit evident traces of civilization, and, live under a feudal government. The ori g inal country of this class of inhabitants, is said to be the kingdom a Palembang, in the Island of SO' ma tra, whence they have spread, by colonization and conquest, over an extensive coasting toll' tory. San , crit, Arabia, all the eastern tongues indeed, and a mixture of the Portuguese, core; pose the language of the Malays ; and most of the best productions of India, Arabia, and Pe" sia, are translated into it. Nor are they deic e ' tire in original literature. History, biographlt the theology of the East, and poetry, have 1 111 ; ductal their various writers; and th e f ou nding 0 ' the city of Malacca, and the wars between the Malays and Portuguese, under A I buquerquet er e the subject of a Malay epic, ca ll e d " Ilik ar at lacca." The Malays belon g ed to t h e Brahmani c % Institution, previo us t o t h e i r convers i on to Soon Mohammedanis m by t h e A ra bi ans. Th e y , are d :t o , and gaming, at that time, a ra j a h, now called sultan ; t h e de tans, or s r in The !!slays their turn, have a u th or i ty ove are ad u i n c d t e e r d h r n their vassals.l lteset_ Eno cock lighting, which they carry to a jatal exce SS S sacrificing not only t h e l ast morsel of foo d, and the last remn an t o f cover i ng, which their fouler lies posses;, but oven life, with all its retinae 0 ' hopes and enjoyments, to this baleful p1 155 i ° , 13 , When th e laq-stake is lost, t h e wretched vial intoxicat es hi mse lf with bang, or hems) unties his long black hair, draws his death/ creese, or knife, and calling amok, or kill met (hence tine term, running a muck,) aims d e stroY, tion at every on e h e meets, unt il h e i s himsel f killed. w hile inflicting wounds on others.—`l" character of this people combines activity, reit' lesstless t courage, treachery, ferocity, and re' venge. Private assassination i 9 resorted to, te twillse even slight insulvi : and if you punish II Malay, he will seek every opportunity to murder you in return. Sumatra is an island possessing a fine atil' phere, and abundant natural productions. Fr', November to March is called the rainy season the residue of th e y ear i s d ry, and no te ir pests occur. Gold occupies the rivers, and Oi l ; W per, iron, t in, s u lph u r , an d c - al, possess the warila of the earth. Th e cu l t i vat i on of the soil is rit to ouchperfecti on , th at i n r i ce, the stap l e 01 the island, 140 f o ld h as b een obtained. 'the plaa/ shrubs, f ru i ts , & c. to the oriental wo r t flourish h ere i n . per f ect i on, i n all' their variety beauty and fl avour . Th e po i sonous upas Of 'lala d is to be f oun d h ere , t h e deleterious effects which hav e o f ten exc i te d t h e won d er an d terro r of our childh oo d. I t i s scarce l y necessar y t° gag . 4 that these ter r ibl e accounts are ent i re l y fatinia,u . 1 0 although the wood itself is a deadly poison' ree , 's camphor tr ee o f Sumatra has become very sC a ` ie , and It is said th at 300 trees may can he I.o° be cut du" fore any of this valuable dru Elephants, tigers, bears, &c. inhabit the fore st *' alligators are t o b e found ; and fi sh, birds, a ll d g insects, itt every variety. Printed anti Publithed for the PnorntrTons, at the Orrter, No- 112, Strand, by J. U. CAnsTAingi